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A bat flies through a dark cave

Bats turn former coal mines into breeding ground

Conservationists say eight different bat species are using the site for breeding and feeding.

South Yorkshire

A hedgehog is walking about on a bed of bark and sticks in an outside setting

Rescue centre sets up garden for disabled hedgehogs

Three blind hedgehogs are making the most out of the area and rolling in mud, a rescue centre says.

The cast of Heartstopper pose happily for a photo with a giraffe looming behind them

Giraffe in Netflix series is 'star in the making'

Location filming for Heartstopper uses a real zoo, that is signed up to world conservation schemes.

Beds, Herts & Bucks

Amy Burns

Curlews 'thriving' in parts of Northern Ireland

Amy Burns said the success of the curlew is testimony to the work staff have done on the project.

Northern Ireland

Mandy McQueenie and Rev Angie Milne standing side-by-side with a cross behind them. Mandy is wearing a green jacket with a green bow tied around her neck. Rev Angie is dressed in black with a clerical collar and a symbol of a Christian cross on a silver necklace around her neck.

Kettering church earns gold eco award status

It is one of only 54 churches in England and Wales to achieve it - and the first in the diocese.

Northamptonshire

The face of a pigmy hog looking directly down the lens with its snout pointing forward. Its short fur is a mixture of black and light brown. The animal is stood in green woodland and sticks.

Jersey trust helps release pygmy hogs in India

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust said its team in India has released nine more pygmy hogs.

An aerial shot of ancient woodland Hayley Wood, showing the tree canopy in shades of green and also green open spaces between some of the trees where ground cover flora can grow

Project reveals undiscovered ancient woodlands

The two-year, three-county Wildlife Trust project used old maps to locate pockets of rare habitat.

Science & Environment

A pine marten, a relation to the weasel, standing on its hind legs in a meadow. The small, slender mammal has dark brown fur, a bushy tail, and a yellowish patch on its throat

Pine martens released to be reintroduced to Devon

Fifteen animals are fitted with radio collars to allow them to be tracked, conservationists say.

A black-feathered bird with an orange beak and red legs flies mid-air. The background is out of focus trees and sky.

Rewilding success for long-lost bird population

Conservation charities are reintroducing the red-billed chough to Kent after a 200-year absence.